Not just another zombie flick

Rating: 8/10 (24 June 2013)

28 days later has cannibalistic people infected by a virus spreading through bites, who mindlessly chases the few uninfected people for their flesh. Seen this before? You are bound to have. With the increasing popularity of the zombie genre, it can often feel like you've watched a zombie flick before it has barely begun. However, for this very reason, a lot of the more recent zombie movies try to add something unique to their movie to make it stand out of the crowd. For this particular movie, the repeated use of hope as a factor that keeps the characters fighting on, has worked out really well. The movie also adds an additional danger, just as the characters starts to feel safe from the infected, to make sure the viewers stays at the edge of their seat.
Why should you watch this movie?
Well the characters are very all very well done, and in spite of the relatively low budget this movie had, the characters are very believable. Cillian Murphy does a great job as Jim, the main character, who goes through the process of being completely unaware of what has happened around him, to becoming a strong yet vengeful man. This also leads to one of the best action scenes I've ever seen in a horror movie, which only gets better as the amazing theme song starts playing.